Africa vs Brazil: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Brazil
How they compare
Africa currently reports 348,639 ha against 83,288 ha in Brazil, a difference of 265,351 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 4.2 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.
Africa ranks 6th and Brazil ranks 7th of 32 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 6 and Brazil in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78,864 ha | 117,100 ha | 38,236 ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 110,709 ha | 87,751 ha | 22,958 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 138,095 ha | 74,098 ha | 63,997 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 169,095 ha | 74,044 ha | 95,051 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 213,355 ha | 85,341 ha | 128,014 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 254,651 ha | 96,408 ha | 158,242 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 350,147 ha | 87,816 ha | 262,330 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Africa or Brazil?
- Africa, at 348,639 ha against 83,288 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Africa and Brazil?
- 265,351 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Brazil?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Brazil rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 6th and Brazil ranks 7th of 32 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Watermelons — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.